Education

What's Happened to the Great American Century?

Marc Lampkin | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Candidates, Economy, Ed in 08, Competition, Math, American Students Math and Science, Science, 2008 Election, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

Over the last 25 years, while other countries have restructured and significantly improved their educational system, ours has stagnated.

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John McCain's $38,200-a-Year Ed Solution

Michele McNeil | Posted 04.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Education, John McCain, Offthebus, McCain Childhood, John McCain Conservative Policy, McCain High School, John McCain General Election, McCain Alexandria Virginia, McCain Bio, John McCain April, Education John McCain, McCain Episcopal High School, John McCain 2008, McCain Policy Positions, McCain Conservative Policy, John McCain Education Solutions, Home News
Michele McNeil

Sen. John McCain, who until yesterday barely said boo about education, now has the solution to our education ills.

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Bring on the Best and the Brightest

Rep. Patrick Kennedy | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Kennedy, Education, Innovation, Immigration, Higher Education, Politics News
Rep. Patrick Kennedy

We have the most talented workforce in the world, but we need to make sure that our education and immigration systems are working in concert to maintain and expand on that advantage.

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The Push to Create Open Educational Resources, Benefiting Children Worldwide

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 03.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Open Education Resources, Education, Google Custom Search, Wikipedia, Free Textbooks, Oer, Hewlett, Sesame Street, Video, Media News
Esther Wojcicki

Wikipedia co-founder James Sanger put out an appeal last week in the Journal of Higher Education to donate money to create textbooks online that would...

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Keeping Secrets

Michele McNeil | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Education, Bush Administration, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Foia, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News
Michele McNeil

A tug-of-war with the Bush Administration over public records regarding a new reading commission illustrates how the presidential race isn't just about what kind of policies the candidates stand for, but also how they would run the bureaucracy of the federal government in general.

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The Degeneration of American Education

Gerald Bracey | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Testing, Tested Linda Perlstein, Education, No Child Left Behind, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Some people play the No Child Left Behind game cynically, doing whatever it takes to get children close to the passing score and into the magic kingdom of "proficient."

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Conservatives Opposed To Rule Of Law, Our Constitution and Good Education

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Constitution, California, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Isn't "Judicial Supremacy," as Newt Gingrich puts it, really just another way of saying that we agree to follow "rule of law?"

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Race and the High School Dropout Crisis: Clinton's Plan

Michele McNeil | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Education, Hillary Clinton, High School Dropouts, Barack Obama, Obama Race Speech, Offthebus, Home News
Michele McNeil

Last week, Barack Obama touched off a serious discussion about race in this country and rightfully drew attention to the role education plays in the s...

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School Accountability: NYC Sets the Tone, For Better or Worse

Dan Brown | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, New York City Public Schools, Education, Department of Education, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Nclb, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, School Accountability, Uft, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers, Public Education, New York City Education, Politics News
Dan Brown

Life and education are too complicated for single letter grades. A smarter, nuanced alternative is within New York's grasp.

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Oil Tax Defeated, School Budget To Be Cut -- What You Can Do

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Taxes, Education, Schools, Budget, California, Politics News
Dave Johnson

The people of California need to understand that a choice was made yesterday to continue to be the only state that allows oil companies to pump our oil and not pay anything for it.

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Choices on Taking and Giving Back

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Taxes, Education, Schools, Budget, California, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Today in California we are facing a budget shortfall. And instead of asking oil companies and others to give back a bit we are on the verge of deciding instead to cut our school budget.

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A Line In The Sand -- Stop Cutting School Budgets

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Education, Schools, Budget, California, Tax Cuts, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Governor Schwarzenegger has declared a "fiscal emergency" and is asking the legislature to solve the problem entirely with budget cuts.

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Antiquated Gender Stereotypes Underlie Radical Experiments in Sex-Segregated Education

Lenora M. Lapidus and Emily J. Martin | Posted 03.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Misogyny, Sex Segregation, Single-Sex, Single-Sex Education, Gender Stereotypes, Title IX, Independent Women's Forum, Sex Segregation Movement, Charlotte Allen Washington Post, Women's Brains, School, Gender, Education, Math, Gurian Institute, National Association for Single-Sex Public Education, Charlotte Allen, Boys and Girls Learn Differently, Brain Difference, Sex Segregated Schooling, Living News
Lenora M. Lapidus and Emily J. Martin

The Washington Post published one of the more offensively misogynist op-eds in memory, arguing that as a biological matter, women are pretty stupid.

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Hey, Senator McCain - Take Our Governor. Please.

Peter Smith | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Infrastructure, Education, Mondale, 35 W Bridge Collapse, Humhrey, Keillor, Wellstone, Minnesota, Politics News
Peter Smith

Please, do it, Senator McCain. Choose Governor Pawlenty. Put him on the ticket. Get him to hell out of here.

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TED 2008 / Day 2: Dave Eggers and Tutoring, Neil Turok and the next African Einstein, Karen Armstrong and the Charter for Compassion

Bruno Giussani | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Tutoring, Islam, Religion, Education, Africa, Tedconference, Christianity, Compassion, Judaism, Karenarmstrong, Daveeggers, Tedprize, Neilturok, Home News
Bruno Giussani

(Unedited running notes from the TED2008 conference in Monterey, California: TED Prize session) Every year at TED, three exceptional people are award...

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Child Poverty and How to Stem America's Prison Madness

Dan Brown | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jails, Education, Marian Wright Edelman, American Dream, No Child Left Behind, Corrections, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Crime Reduction, Health Care, Housing and Urban Development, African Americans, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dan Brown

America's disproportionate investment in corrections rather than prevention maintains what the Children's Defense Fund aptly calls the "Cradle to Prison Pipeline."

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Learning for a Lifetime

C. L. Max Nikias | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Distance Learning, Education, Higher Education, Usc, Lifelong Learning, Business News
C. L. Max Nikias

Whether or not a person attends a traditional graduate program, she will find that top-quality online learning can help her advance careers over the course of her lifetime.

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What Should Black America Expect from a Black President?

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Housing, Michael Fauntroy, Justice, African Americans, Barack Obama, Income, Healthcare, Politics News
Michael Fauntroy

What's the point of having a black president if he doesn't deal with uniquely black issues? Obama can't win the presidency on the back of black voters, then do nothing on black issues.

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Backwards Nation

Marc Lampkin | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, Education in 2008 Presidential Campaign, Education, Global Economy, China, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

American students are getting their lunch eaten by other countries -- nations like China and India that demonstratie a superior ability to teach their kids.

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Why So Few Male Teachers Today? Does it Matter?

Dan Brown | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Urban Decay, Tamar Snyder, Bryan Nelson, Steve Peha, Teacher Recruitment, Teaching That Makes Sense, No Child Left Behind, Merit Pay, Teachers, Public Education, Reg Weaver, Nea, Menteach, Living News
Dan Brown

Should we offer incentives to males to balance out a female-dominated profession?

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The Biggest Education Issue That Is Not Education

Michele McNeil | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Health Care, 2008 Election, Offthebus, John McCain, John McCain Education, Hillary Clinton Education, Barack Obama Education, Barack Obama, Education, Education Policy, Health Care Reform, Hillary Clinton, Education 2008 Election, Education Reform, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Home News
Michele McNeil

Perhaps the single most important thing that the next president can do for schools has little to do with education, at least on its face. It's reforming health care.

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School-Level Cuts Hit New York City; Why, Bloomberg, Why???

Dan Brown | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Principal, Department of Education, New York Daily News, Randi Weingarten, Budget Cuts, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, School Reform, Joel Klein, Uft, New York Times, Teachers Union, New York City, Tweed, Politics News
Dan Brown

This is not about keeping a stock's price afloat; you are cutting kids' after-school programs, guidance counselors, smaller classes, computers. Erasing these entities will incontrovertibly have an effect, and a terrible one at that.

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On the Trail with Harlem for Obama

NYCity News Service | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Harlem, Voting, Education, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, New York City, Barack Obama, Economy, harlem4obama, Supporter, Home News
NYCity News Service

Dana L. Oliver speaks with the members of this group about its role in the election process, what the people of Harlem want, and why Obama is the right man for the job.

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Marital spat?

Mark Kleiman | Posted 02.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Testing, Bill Clinton, Education, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, No Child Left Behind, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

Why is Bill Clinton criticizing Hillary Clinton on education policy? I agree with him: on No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama has the right idea and H...

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Universities: What Won't Change

C. L. Max Nikias | Posted 01.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, University System, Universities, Living News
C. L. Max Nikias

The best undergraduate education, which equips today's young person for a career that can wind its course over six or seven decades, requires much more than interactions in the classroom.

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